The European ABS sector offers access to different consumer-driven and ‘real economy’ risks, diversifying from corporate credit. Here we unravel the sector's distinguishing features.
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European securitisations are ‘risky’ given concentration and ‘opaque’, which transpires as myths when considering the clear diversity in its biggest sector, CLOs.
Securitisations are mislabelled as 'risky’ and ‘illiquid’, but in reality help investors access attractive risk-adjusted returns, improve diversification and manage duration risk.
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